Compare And Contrast Mussolini And Stalin
Its post-World War 1, Germany, Italy, and Russia are among other countries, like the United States, that are in a depression. Russia just had a revolution and a civil war. Italy and Germany are suffering from spreading revolutionary ideas. And Germany and Russia just gained new governments. Europe is tired and out of work. During this world wide depression, three men rise up to take control of their countries. Their names are Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are important because they rose up in their political parties to rule their “helpless” countries and help them emerge as leading powers in the world. In their early years, Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were smart students that either got rejected
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Hitler and Stalin’s fathers beat them while their mothers tried to protect them to the best of their abilities. Mussolini’s father was different from Hitler’s and Stalin’s because he was a radical Socialist. In school, they were all very smart, but Mussolini was a bully and he got expelled twice. Hitler was neither bullied or a bully. He always wanted to be an artist and to get accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, but was rejected twice. Stalin was bullied because he was pocked-marked, had one arm shorter than the other, and was short. After education came jobs. Mussolini became a teacher after going to college and earning his teachers degree. Hitler became a battalion messenger during World War 1 and won the iron cross twice. A month before the surrender of Germany during World War 1, Hitler became blind for a few weeks after a gas attack. He later thought Jews were the cause of Germany’s problems. Stalin was swept into the Bolshevik Party at the age of 19. He then staged bank robberies to support their cause. Stalin was arrested many times before being exiled out of the country by the Czars police forces. After Lenin came to power, Stalin was named general secretary for the party. Because of Hitler’s, Mussolini’s, and Stalin’s childhood and teen years, they wanted the best for their countries and to punish those they believed were at
Hitler and Stalin’s fathers beat them while their mothers tried to protect them to the best of their abilities. Mussolini’s father was different from Hitler’s and Stalin’s because he was a radical Socialist. In school, they were all very smart, but Mussolini was a bully and he got expelled twice. Hitler was neither bullied or a bully. He always wanted to be an artist and to get accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, but was rejected twice. Stalin was bullied because he was pocked-marked, had one arm shorter than the other, and was short. After education came jobs. Mussolini became a teacher after going to college and earning his teachers degree. Hitler became a battalion messenger during World War 1 and won the iron cross twice. A month before the surrender of Germany during World War 1, Hitler became blind for a few weeks after a gas attack. He later thought Jews were the cause of Germany’s problems. Stalin was swept into the Bolshevik Party at the age of 19. He then staged bank robberies to support their cause. Stalin was arrested many times before being exiled out of the country by the Czars police forces. After Lenin came to power, Stalin was named general secretary for the party. Because of Hitler’s, Mussolini’s, and Stalin’s childhood and teen years, they wanted the best for their countries and to punish those they believed were at